Press photographer Mathias Depardon, 37, was expected back in France late Friday after a month in detention in south-east Turkey where he was arrested on suspicion of taking part in 'terrorist propoganda' while on an assignement for National Geographic magazine photographing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
PhotographerPhotographer Mathias Depardon, who was detained in Turkey since May 8th, has been released, says the press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders, reports Time.
French president Emmanuel Macron confirmed the news in a Tweet this morning. "I'm delighted to announce the return in France as soon as tonight of our fellow countryman, the photojournalist @mathiasdepardon."
Depardon was on assignment for National Geographic magazine when he was arrested in the southeast of the country. An order for his deportation was issued on May 11th, but Depardon remained in a detention center in Gaziantep, a city near the Syrian border, until this morning.
